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Fixe N Kobo Wm were informed a fewday*. ago. that n vessel from Philadelphia arrived it this port fritM crew of free negro agtlors, seaaa or eight ia naaket. In a population like our*, it nay , sgjel j be aaMtod that they are dangjhoua visitor*. TTjey are oflHkree. all of them, from the very nature . of their poofN, abolitionists, mi have the beat op- ' portutiiiy to inculcate the «lav«r wfth,their notion*. More—they enjoy, ass sUom, facilities of aiding their escape t» the North or othei freOaoil. We have turned lo the lawa of 0b State teseejf they afforded no remadx_in sueh oases. We regret to add'that they do not. There are provisions etria-Igent ehough against frtfeagroe* generally} but euri-oosly indeed, these sailote of that else* are expreukg excepted. See section 68, page 688, Revised Statutes.We hop* the next Legislature will attend to dhis , subject. It ia a matter of large concern to all the ! seaports of the Slate, and in fact to the State gener- , I ally. One remedy, strictly constitutional, would be j to subject every vessel employing or importing each persons to * qua ratine of.twenty days, and that such : part of the crew should not be permitted to come oh I shore under any pretence whatever. We wouldTprefer a sharper remedy: that is, whenever suoh persons arrive at the wharf, it shall be the duty of the corpor-' ation officers to seize them and confine them in jail,' until the vessel re readj to depart. fiWe are glad to learn that the Patrol of our eity, which consists of energetic men have pretty well supplied die defect of the law. One instance has | just come to our ears. A fow days ago, they found j a sailor of this description in the street using imper- j tinent, if not seditious language, chastised him, jailed him, and when let out, chastised him again. The flagging was inflicted in both eases by s slave, and the witnesses assert that it was never Belter done. This may be Judge Lynch’s Law, but we think it a very good one. Nor has the patrol stopped here. They have extended their services into the tribe of free negroes who have swarmed here from other sections and squatted in the perlieus of the city, and already have and now are in the act of abating much of that nuisance. The thanks of the public are due to them.We repeat, that the next Legislature should take ; decided action on this subject; and we commend it ;! especially to the members of this county.Wilmington Aurora.
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Weekly North Carolina Standard
Raleigh, North Carolina, US
Wed, Oct 30, 1850
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